People ex rel. Ulster & Delaware Railroad v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 31st day of July, 1915, directed to the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Second District, commanding the Commissioners to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in denying the application of the relator for leave to issue mileage books at a greater rate than two cents a mile.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The relator, the Ulster and Delaware Eailroad Company, petitioned the Public Service Commission of the Second District for authority to increase its mileage book rates in excess of two cents per mile as fixed by section 60 of the Eailroad Law. The Commission after investigation determined that the facts justified such increase, but denied the application because of a want of statutory power in the Commission to make the necessary order. (See Matter of Ulster & Delaware R. R. Co., 4 State Dept. Rep. Off. 210.) The question for determination is whether the Public Service…
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